Huawei HPC solution uses extraordinary high-density FusionServer servers, and employs high-speed InfiniBand (IB) for computing networks. The HPC clusters can achieve a theoretical peak speed of 118 Tera floating point operations per second (TFLOPS) while the entire solution will provide 288 TB in storage capacity for concurrent file systems. These features enable Huawei HPC solution to support the applications requiring massive computing.
Bibliotheca Alexandrina is one of the oldest libraries in the world holding a rich collection of everything from ancient manuscripts to modern literary art–a true knowledge center in the dissemination of the human intellect. The site is also a place of dialogue, learning, and understanding between cultures and peoples. The building is heralded as a window to Egypt for the world and a window to the world for Egypt.
For the purpose of educational research and development in multiple scientific fields, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina will join hands to build a new HPC cluster with Huawei and the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology of Egypt. The HPC cluster is meant to be deployed for specialized applications that require immense mathematical calculations, such as bioinformatics, data mining, physics simulation, weather forecast, drilling for oil and groundwater, and cloud computing. With a peak performance reaching 118 TFLOPS, a new level of creativity will be inspired and new horizons are arising in the research domain.
